Clothesline lock



June 13, 1933. 5 BEICKER 1,913,789

CLOTHESLINE LOCK Filed Feb. 17, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor E 5': Wee/rar- Patented June 13, 1933 FFIE PATEN/ EARL STEWART BECKER, OF SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK CLOTHESLINE LOCK Application filed February 17, 1932.

The present invention relates to a clothes line lock and has for its prime object to provide a device which may be swung into engagement with a clothes line to prevent movement thereof.

Another important object of the invention resides in the provision of a device of this nature which is exceedingly simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to manipulate, thoroughly efficient and reliable in use and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in View as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arragement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device embodying the features of my invention showing the same in engaged position.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a section taken substantially on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a View similar to Figure 1 showing the device in released position.

Figures 5, 6 and 7 are detail perspective views of different clip engaging ends of the device.

Referring to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that the numeral 1 denotes a pulley mounted in a frame 2 engaged on a 1100i: 3.

The line 4 is trained over the pulley 1. The

parts thus far described are conventional and have been illustrated merely for the purpose of showing the utility of advantages of my device.

The device comprises an elongated straight rod body 6 terminating at one end in an eye 7 circumjacent the hook 3. The other end is offset into a V-shaped spring clip 8 for engaging with the line as shown in Figure 1 and capable of being easily dis- Serial No. 593,663.

engaged therefrom as shown in Figure 4. The free extremity of the clip terminates in a handle ring 9.

In Figure 6 I have shown another embodiment of the substantially V-shaped clip 8a and it will be noted that the bight portion thereof is oblong as indicated at 10, that is, being in the form of an oblong loop. In Figure 7 I have shown another embodiment wherein the V-shaped clip 8?) has its bight 102) in the form of a split ring.

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof.

It is apparent that changes in the details of construction, in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

The present embodiments of the invention have been described in detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice they attain the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. A rope look of the class described comprising a rod having one end formed with a loop for engaging a supporting member, the other end of the rod being bent at substantially right angles and this bent part further bent to substantially V-shape, the limbs of the V forming spring jaws for clamping a portion of a rope between them, said V- shaped part being laterally offset with respect to the axis of the unbent portion of the rod and the free limb of the V having a part connected therewith and forming a finger hold.

2. A ope lock of the class described com prising a rod having one end bent at right angles the extremity of the bent part shaped to form a loop for engaging a supporting member, the other end of the rod being bent at substantially right angles in the same direction as the opposite end and the second bent part being further bent to form a V to provide a pair of spring jaws formed by the limbs of the V to receive portions of the rope, the end of the free limb of the V being bent into loop shape to form a finger hole the V being laterally offset With respect to the axis of the unbent portion of the rod.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

EARL STEWART BECKER. 

